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A startup that’s helping Indian tech startups source cheap and reliable engineering talent.

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2 years ago 1 views

A company that makes solar panels in India for cheaper than what the US can make them.

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4 years ago

A cheap and easy way to convert PDFs and images into videos.

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4 years ago

A chat bot that helps you find the cheapest flights to your destination, set alerts for when prices drop, and handle tons of other travel-related tasks. The startup is focused on helping travelers manage their itineraries and get the most out of their travel.

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4 years ago 1 views

A company that helps people figure out what kind of insurance they need, and then helps them find the best and cheapest way to get it. The startup says they’ve already gotten good feedback from people who have used their site.

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4 years ago 3 views

Two different hardware startups that aim to help businesses set up a server farm on the cheap. Both claim their products are the lowest-cost solution for businesses looking to set up a private cloud.

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5 years ago

A computer science startup that builds simple, cheap, and fast hardware for India’s unconnected. One product, called the Laptop Bridge, is a $35 device meant to plug into an electrical socket and convert it into a computer-like device that can run basic programs and connect to the internet, so that farmers, students, or anyone else can use it.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows users to search for, and buy, a cheap used car from other people’s parked cars.

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5 years ago

A company that helps retailers manage product returns and make refunds faster, more efficiently, and cheaper.

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5 years ago

A company that helps people get cheap house cleaning services.

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4 years ago

This app helps users find dentists, find the cheapest prices for insurance, and a host of other financial services.

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4 years ago

A startup that uses your location to show you the cheapest gas stations near where you are.

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4 years ago

A company that makes better and cheaper software for developers.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells food that is healthy and cheap and also helps people lose weight

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4 years ago

A fun app for finding the cheapest car rental when traveling abroad.

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5 years ago

A SaaS startup that helps software engineers get their code reviewed faster and more cheaply.

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4 years ago

A new search engine that’s faster and cheaper than Google.

210

5 years ago

The startup is rolling out a network of mobile clinics and Ubers for cheaper care in lower-income parts of the US that need it.

208

5 years ago

A startup that helps travelers plan their trip, determine the best route, and book the cheapest fare.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps people find the cheapest flight options. The company was founded in 2015 by Stanford grads Diego Lozano and David Smith.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps hospitals find cheaper alternatives to the expensive equipment they use in the ER.

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4 years ago

A startup that creates and sells accessories that look like iPhones but are actually much simpler and cheaper versions.

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2 years ago

The startup is lowering the barrier to entry for new companies and entrepreneurs launching in the US, by providing a cheaper, less-established option to use the legal services of the well-established law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps retail employees find out how to get cheaper insurance, pay taxes, and save money on taxes.

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5 years ago

An online marketplace where people can sell their old textbooks for cheap.

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5 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find the best and cheapest public transportation in their city. Called "Uber for Transportation", it's already in beta in New York and San Francisco.

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4 years ago

A platform for people to make money by taking pictures of what they’re eating. It’s faster, cheaper, and easier to use than Instagram.

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4 years ago

This is a digital assistant that helps you find insurance at the cheapest price and adjust it so that you pay the least amount of money possible. It’s a SaaS solution that can be used by any insurance company, and uses data science to help you find the best policy at the best price.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it cheap and easy to order products from around the world

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4 years ago

A peer-to-peer housing marketplace, where people can find roommates or share their own home for cheaper rates.

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4 years ago

A text messaging platform that helps consumers get a cheaper phone plan.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to make it easy to find high-quality, cheap health insurance to fill a gap in the market

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5 years ago

A company that wants to help people find and book cheap accommodations.

172

5 years ago

A startup for the sale of used cars, which is designed to be faster, cheaper, and easier than dealerships.

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3 years ago

Seeking to bring alternative dispute resolution to the legal industry, the startup helps companies to hire arbitrators and mediators in a way that they say is faster, cheaper, and more transparent than traditional law firms.

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5 years ago

A self-serve platform for saving money on auto insurance or just comparing rates, which they say is “faster, cheaper, and more comprehensive then any other website”. They currently have $2.5 million in monthly recurring revenue and are looking to launch in Miami and Atlanta.

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5 years ago

A new startup that aims to modernize the payments industry for businesses, making it faster, cheaper, and more secure.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to build the next generation of AVs, keeping them safer and cheaper than current models.

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5 years ago

A new app for cheap, reliable rides.

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5 years ago

Cofounder Alex Zabludowicz co-founded this fintech company with his brother, Alex. It wants to make payments faster, cheaper, and more secure, with a focus on the developing world.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a digital bank account in India. The founders say it’s a simpler, cheaper alternative to the physical ATM cards found in most cities.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps content marketers find the most effective ways to promote their work. The startup wants to make content marketing cheaper by removing the middleman and letting companies choose what works best for them.

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5 years ago

A digital platform for group-buying, with the goal of making it simpler and cheaper for people to order directly from the group, and helping them better manage the group.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses a software program to crunch open data to predict land value The startup claims that it can predict land value more accurately than appraisers and cheaper than buying survey data

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5 years ago

A startup that helps businesses in the UK get the cheapest rates on international shipping

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5 years ago 1 views

This startup is building a tool that helps companies launch a new product easier and cheaper. It’s currently focused on B2B customers and is looking to partner with the B2B startups that come through YC to help them with their product launch process.

157

5 years ago

a mobile payments system for India. The startup is pitching itself as a cheaper alternative to the likes of Google Wallet and Paytm.

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5 years ago

A startup to take the guesswork out of buying tickets to events. It helps consumers find the cheapest ticket and compares deals from around the web, thus making the experience of buying tickets simple and convenient.

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3 years ago

An AI-powered alternative to SMS, which promises to be “a next-generation messaging client that’s faster, cheaper and more secure”.

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5 years ago

A travel booking app that helps travelers find the cheapest flights.

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5 years ago

A venture for helping people find and book cheap flights on both domestic and international flights. The startup is a spin-off of co-founder and CEO Zachary Mider’s previous startup, which is also focused on domestic flights.

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3 years ago

A platform that lets anyone build a website or mobile app. The company’s pitch is that it will be cheap for small developers and that it will help them build things that look beautiful.

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5 years ago

A platform for finding and booking cheap rooms in hostels, hotels and other accommodations.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building a way to help people get their gas cheaper. The company is now in the process of raising funds to launch its platform.

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2 years ago

To help people in the United Kingdom get cheap childcare,

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5 years ago

Two founders left YC to build a $10 per month service to help food delivery services become more cost effective and more like an on-demand service. It’s available in a few cities in the US, and it’s simple: a “geofenced” area with a few delivery zones that are cheaper than a full city block.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to make decentralized identity management that’s cheaper and more secure. It’s highly ambitious, and the company has raised $2 million in seed funding.

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5 years ago

A company that makes it cheaper to travel to Europe, the UK, and the US. It’s based in London and is looking to grow with the help of a $250,000 series A round.

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5 years ago

A second-screen app for creating, managing and distributing podcasts, taking on a market dominated by hosts. The company is also building an app for the live video market, aiming to be the first to tap into the VOD market on the cheap.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you find the cheapest places to go in the US (60,000 restaurants, 2,500 hotels, and 2,500 attractions) and then helps you price-compare them. The startup is profitable and has 75,000 users, and is profitable again after a $2 million round in late 2019.

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5 years ago

A platform that shows you the cheapest electricity rates in your area, saving you money.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you plan your trip to the beach, from finding the cheapest flight, to finding the best hotel.

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3 years ago

This startup is trying to reduce the price of drug discovery through cheaper, more efficient synthesis.

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5 years ago

A product that helps people save on bills by switching to the cheapest energy provider in their area.

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5 years ago

A way to find the cheapest flights by comparing travel prices in real time.

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2 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage their supply chain. The company says it’s only $1 per month per employee, which makes it cheaper than human resources outsourcing.

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5 years ago

An AI-powered personal assistant that finds the cheapest ride for the user. The startup has over 500,000 rides booked since launching in April, with a 2% take rate.

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5 years ago

The company’s goal is to create a cloud-based service that’s cheaper, more secure, and more scalable than Dropbox, Box, and other cloud storage companies.

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4 years ago

The founders walked away from their jobs in the technology industry to focus on food, and built a tech app that makes it easier and cheaper for restaurants to source from local farmers.

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5 years ago

This startup is looking to help people invest in property in ways that are cheaper and more secure than the usual methods.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to help users find the right parts at the cheapest price. It’s currently in testing with parts retailers.

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5 years ago

This startup is building an Uber-like app that it says will be cheaper and more accessible for those who can’t afford a car. It will also have a carpooling component, so you can share a ride to work and your car with others.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for renting servers, using a model similar to Airbnb Users can rent a server by the hour, day, week, or month They rent out their unused servers, which helps keep them up to date, and clients get cheap hosting

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5 years ago

A solar panel that is cheap, durable, and highly efficient.

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5 years ago

This cloud-based platform for payments brings together payments processors, banks, and merchants to offer a service that is cheaper and faster for consumers than traditional methods.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you find free and cheap parking in NYC, Baltimore and Los Angeles. It’s already live in NYC, and will expand to LA and Baltimore in the coming months.

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4 years ago

A smart phone app that makes it easier to find the cheapest airfare for travel on Facebook. The startup has already seen success with the app, and says they’ve seen a 150% increase in the number of people in India who use it on a daily basis.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to improve the way people pay for airline tickets. The startup is building a new online travel booking platform that they say will help travelers get the cheapest and best seats, and even get upgrades.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it cheaper and faster for online businesses to choose the best suppliers. It’s essentially a marketplace for business to compare suppliers.

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5 years ago

A community of people who want to live in space, and want to live in space for at least $200,000. They want to live in space because they think it’s a better place to live than Earth. They want to live in space because they think it will be cheaper than if they were to live on Earth. And they want to live in space because they think it will be safer than if they were to live in Earth.

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5 years ago

This is an AI-powered service for finding the cheapest flights online. The startup currently boasts over 1 million users, and has built a complex machine learning model that it says can find you the cheapest flights.

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5 years ago

A travel planning app that helps users find the cheapest flights from A to B, with an average savings of over $100.

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2 years ago

A startup for cheap, ready-to-use flight itineraries and hotel rooms for business travelers.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people find cheap flights to and from the city where they’re visiting. The company says it’s already been used by tens of thousands of customers who saved $1,000 on a flight.

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4 years ago

A mobile app that helps users find the cheapest price for goods they're buying online.

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2 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find the cheapest gas in your area by comparing different gas stations in your area to get the lowest price.

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5 years ago

A company that builds a platform for people to post their rent, so others can find and rent cheap housing in that area.

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4 years ago

A startup for book lovers that lets you see what books are available to buy in your area and set a reminder to buy it when it’s cheaper.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier to build software products at scale. It aims to make it easier to build products quickly and cheaply using a web-based flow and a drag-and-drop interface.

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5 years ago

A program that helps people trade in their old textbooks for credits to buy new ones. The startup is working with publishers to get its new textbooks a little cheaper than new ones.

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4 years ago

This startup is building an app that will help people find cheap flights for a flight that’s longer than three hours.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to offer a cheaper alternative to the costly, time-consuming process of renting a car, and make it easy for car buyers to find the right car for their needs.

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5 years ago

This is a credit card processing startup that is aiming to offer a cheaper alternative for small businesses.

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5 years ago

A new way to get a medical diagnosis, aiming to connect patients with health providers in a way that is convenient, cheaper, and better for patients.

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4 years ago

A financial services system for the unbanked, intended to be much cheaper and less complex than existing options. The startup is building the product for users in India and Nigeria.

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3 years ago

A startup that is building a website for people to find products that are the exact same thing but are cheaper on Amazon.

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5 years ago

A high-speed and cheap way to create custom-made, high-resolution 3D printed parts.

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3 years ago

This startup is trying to take the hassle out of finding a flight for an upcoming vacation. Rather than waiting for multiple websites to return the results, FlightHub finds the cheapest flight for a given route, then books it for you automatically.

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4 years ago

A remote brain-computer interface startup, which claims to be cheaper, faster, and more accurate than existing solutions.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps people find the best and cheapest healthcare, based on the best information available on what treatments are effective, and what providers are best. HealthMap is targeting big cities in the US that have good healthcare options and are currently underserved by them.

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4 years ago

A platform for companies to send and receive money from customers and suppliers very cheaply. It aims to be the PayPal of the developing world.

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5 years ago

A mobile app for finding a cheap lawyer if you end up in jail.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to use blockchain technology to help companies cancel contracts as efficiently and as cheaply as possible.

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4 years ago

A tool that allows people to find out the cheapest way to drive to a particular location.

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5 years ago

A mobile app that generates income for the user - a college student who buys cheap phone cases from China and resells them at a profit.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to help “thrive in an era of automation and cheap labor”. It’s a platform that helps businesses pick the right type of machine for the task, whether it’s for a B2B company or a manufacturing facility.

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5 years ago

A platform that aims to build a “bespoke” container for goods between any two ports in the world. They’re working on building a tool to help ship companies quickly and cheaply move stuff across the ocean.

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4 years ago

A tool for freelancers that allows them to create invoices with no upfront cost or monthly subscription. The startup is looking to be a cheaper alternative to Upwork and Freelancer.

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4 years ago

A startup that is building out a faster, cheaper, and more secure IoT platform that will be used by startups and large businesses alike.

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5 years ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling used items and goods. The company is using a technology called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) to allow consumers to scan an item and find out what they’re worth on the platform, which they say is a cheaper way to buy used goods, and helps sellers by cutting out the middleman.

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3 years ago

A startup that sells to the Indian market, which has a huge, under-served market for low-cost long-distance plans, where monthly plans are cheaper than mobile data in the US.

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4 years ago

A company that does data collection for nonprofit events. The company is going to help nonprofits run better, faster, and cheaper events through a better toolset.

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3 years ago

A company that manufactures a line of cheap smartwatches aimed at the developing world. The majority of its customers are in Latin America.

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5 years ago

A B2B specialist that connects global buyers with local manufacturers. The company is building a supply chain management platform for businesses that is meant to be faster and cheaper than traditional methods.

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3 years ago

An Ethereum-based blockchain based on a new design that allows for faster, cheaper, and more secure transactions.

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3 years ago

A mobile app and browser extension that helps users find the cheapest flights based on their specific route, date, and time of day.

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5 years ago

A messaging app that eliminates the need for SMS text messages to communicate with a business in China. The startup wants to make calls and texts cheaper and faster, with a focus on reducing spam.

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5 years ago

A digital assistant for travel planning, to help you find the cheapest flights, hotels, and car rentals. The startup has raised $2.5 million.

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5 years ago

A new type of product for ecommerce, with a leaner, cheaper solution for goods with fewer options. The startup’s customers include Warby Parker and Bonobos.

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3 years ago

This is a startup that wants to use drones to deliver packages. The drones only cost $20,000 to buy and are cheaper than a cargo plane.

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5 years ago

A German startup building autonomous cars that are cheaper and more energy efficient than competitors.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows you to track flights and hotels so you can find the cheapest prices.

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3 years ago

A DIY air pollution sensor that fits in a plastic bag and has a long battery life. This is an attempt to build a sensor that’s cheap enough for urban air monitoring without having the expense of a $500+ industrial sensor.

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4 years ago

A credit card that doesn’t charge interest and is cheaper than a credit card with a small monthly fee.

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4 years ago

A way to find cheap, reliable electricity, with solar panels on the roof.

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3 years ago

This is a payments startup that’s building a new way for businesses to accept credit cards that’s cheaper than the existing options.

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4 years ago

The startup wants to build a marketplace for the next generation of employees, where companies can sell affordable part-time and contingent labor for tasks like cleaning, deliveries and other services. It wants to build a company that will be able to create a network of “micro-employers”, who can offer cheap labor, solve for the “short-term inconvenience of an extra employee,” and scale quickly.

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4 years ago

Solve a consumer problem by using the power of the internet to make the shopping experience faster and cheaper.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to make a way for brands to quickly and cheaply build an Instagram-like social media account directly on Facebook. Great for influencers who don’t want to deal with complicated Instagram accounts.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to solve the problem of keeping track of customers’ payments for businesses and helps them with a phone app and a digital solution that they claim are more accurate and cheaper.

90

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make a better, cheaper, faster and more accurate way to calculate the radiation dose you receive from the sun and other sources of radiation.

89

3 years ago

A startup that aggregates local deals from a variety of sources to help you find cheap or free stuff in your city.

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4 years ago

A startup that offers a way for people to book rides from their homes to the airport. UberX rides are typically cheaper than cab rides, but even after the startup’s recent troubles, it has a market share of over 30%.

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4 years ago

A startup that makes car rentals cheaper and more flexible

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4 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find nearby parking garages and lots, as well as which ones have the cheapest rates.

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4 years ago

This is an app that helps you find the cheapest prices and delivery times for your favorite vendors.

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4 years ago

The startup is building a team of drone pilots that can fly parcels to people within 20 minutes. The service is cheaper than UPS and FedEx, but requires a subscription fee.

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4 years ago

A company that aims to make office-sharing easier and cheaper for its users. It’s a peer-to-peer office-sharing service that allows people who share an office to save money on their utilities and rent.

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4 years ago

A company that helps manufacturers quickly and cheaply produce prototypes of new products

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4 years ago

A developer of a "dockless bike share" system in the hopes of giving people a cheaper, cleaner, and faster way of getting around.

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4 years ago

A Facebook Messenger bot for finding good, cheap flights.

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3 years ago

An iOS app that helps users find the closest, fastest, and cheapest rides to their destination. The app uses pricing data from Uber, Lyft, and a few other companies and then puts all those estimates in one place.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform for higher education students to find jobs. It’s a new platform for students, businesses and recruiters, and it’s cheaper and less time-consuming than traditional job boards.

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4 years ago

A software company that helps small businesses run their inventory, from stocking to payment processing. The startup wants to make the process of running a retail store “easier, faster, and cheaper”.

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4 years ago

This is a wearable for women that helps them track the menstrual cycle. The company aims to create a cheaper alternative to other wearable products.

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4 years ago

This is a mobile app that uses facial recognition to help you find the cheapest gas in your area.

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4 years ago

Building an alternative to the standard ERP software package for small business, one that is faster, cheaper, and easier to use.

82

4 years ago

GZ delivers gadgets, such as a $300 Apple TV, to customers’ homes and charges a convenience fee for delivery, which is cheaper than going to a brick-and-mortar store.

82

4 years ago

The startup helps companies build their own personal training programs in order to make in-person training more efficient, cheaper, and more accessible.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies track and manage health and safety in the workplace. The startup is designed to be cheap, cheap, cheap.

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4 years ago

A tool to help people get their doctor to prescribe cheaper medications by checking Medicare cost data and comparing it to what a doctor’s office would charge for that medication.

81

4 years ago

A startup that helps you discover the cheapest flight to your next holiday, based on your budget and preferred origin/destination.

81

4 years ago

A “decision engine” that helps businesses make sense of regulatory and compliance challenges. The company aims to make legal processes easier, cheaper, and more transparent.

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4 years ago

A platform for connecting job seekers with employers, where employers can find cheap, skilled labor from around the world.

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3 years ago

A private land registry, which they say is more accurate and cheaper than the public system. They plan to build the registry using blockchain technology.

80

3 years ago

Settle is building a service that hosts a curated list of cities across the world and allows users to search for anything from the cheapest hotels to the best places to visit.

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3 years ago

A peer-to-peer insurance exchange that aims to make insurance more transparent and cheaper than traditional insurance.

79

4 years ago

A startup that wants to show you how to easily find the cheapest prices on stuff you buy regularly.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps individuals and small businesses get funds easily and cheaply through peer-to-peer lending.

78

4 years ago

A $2.5 billion a year market for the healthcare industry to move from paper to digital, but the current player, a paper based system, is not scalable. This startup is building a digital system that promises to get patients faster, cheaper, and more secure information for everything from appointments to lab results.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps travelers to find the best and cheapest flight options. Started in February of 2019 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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4 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to direct users to the cheapest and most reliable oil prices offered at the pump.

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4 years ago

This is a service that provides a way to transfer large amounts of money to a friend or family member, the company claims it’s cheaper than the international wire transfers it aims to compete with, with a 3% fee.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to build an app store for people in need of financial services that would be cheaper for people to use than traditional financial institutions.

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2 years ago

Assuming that the government has to build a massive amount of housing for its citizens, we should be able to use technology to build a better, cheaper, more efficient, and more user-friendly solution.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps people in developing economies get around the inefficiencies of the current financial system. Its founders say that their platform is “an order of magnitude cheaper” than other existing alternatives.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows users to find and book the cheapest flights to any city.

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3 years ago

A company that makes it easier and cheaper to pay back student loans. The startup is now taking payments via Stripe.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to help businesses in the Midwest build better, cheaper, faster websites using shared hosting services.

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4 years ago

An all-in-one headphone that’s designed to be both high-quality and cheap.

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4 years ago

A smart suit that monitors a cyclist’s body and sounds an alert if the cyclist is having a heart attack. Geekster’s founders say that it’s a much cheaper alternative to an electrocardiogram, and only takes a few seconds to measure a person’s heart rate.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help renters manage their finances and manage their utilities. The company’s founders say they want to build a tool that’s cheaper and faster than a traditional bank account and are seeking seed funding.

75

4 years ago

A small business that makes an app that helps people find their closest and cheapest pizza restaurant.

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3 years ago

A cheaper, more efficient way to distribute electricity. The startup wants to rewire the way we think about electricity, combining the best of blockchain and distributed computing.

75

3 years ago

A healthy and cheap meal service for kids that uses digital technology to deliver meals to their doorsteps. The startup aims to give parents back control of the eating habits of their kids.

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3 years ago

A tool for helping college students to find the cheapest tutors and instructors.

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4 years ago

A computer vision startup that wants to help computer vision researchers get access to more data by making it cheaper and easier for them to process images. The startup currently has a small team of 7, but they’re looking to grow that to 15 by the end of the year.

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3 years ago

A content management system that enables small businesses to use their own custom backend. It’s a simpler way for small businesses to run their sites, and is also a cheaper alternative to using something like WordPress.

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2 years ago

This company is building a “bundle” of cheap, off-the-shelf components to help folks build their own devices, from low-end laptops to drones.

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4 years ago

A tool to help people learn how to code and build websites. The startup wants to help people get up to speed quickly and cheaply. It already has 50,000 users and has raised $20 million in funding.

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4 years ago

A payments company that aims to help companies simplify their payment processing and make it cheaper for small businesses to accept payments.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to launch a new way of getting healthcare, which is more personal and cheaper. By using a home-based device that records symptoms to answer questions like: “How are you feeling” “What’s happening with your lungs” “How do you compare to your doctor’s predictions”

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3 years ago

A robotic vacuum that is promised to clean your house more thoroughly than a human and at a cheaper rate.

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4 years ago

A ride-hailing app that offers discounts to frequent riders, with the idea being to provide a service that’s cheaper than the existing competition.

70

3 years ago

A startup for product bundling, where users can buy a product in one size and receive a discounted bundle with a second item. The company says it’s more convenient for users than buying separately, and says it’s cheaper for brands too.

70

4 years ago

The startup’s mission is to make the internet as cheap as a phone call. Its technology uses existing cellular networks to make cheap local and international peer-to-peer calls.

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4 years ago

Ideas: A chatbot for Slack. A bot for Slack that helps you find the cheapest flight to a destination, among other things.

69

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make renting a car easier, faster, and cheaper. They focus on “value added services” that save money for the renter, like roadside assistance, satellite navigation, and car maintenance.

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3 years ago

A place where people can shop for high-end, cheap, and secondhand sunglasses. The startup’s founders are a pair of optics industry veterans with an idea for a pair of industry-focused sunglasses, and a desire to sell them directly to consumers.

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4 years ago

Algorithms help make the auto insurance system cheaper, faster and more effective.

68

4 years ago

This startup is building a software platform to make renting out equipment and furniture easier and cheaper for small businesses.

67

4 years ago

A 7-year-old company that’s already built a business around the idea that people want to send payments faster, cheaper, and more secure.

67

4 years ago

This app that uses a real-time algorithm to help you make better travel decisions — like finding the cheapest flights, finding the best hotels, etc. — has a $5 million annual run rate.

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3 years ago

A travel booking service that’s focused on cheaper, last-minute deals.

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3 years ago

A chatbot that helps users find the cheapest flight on their chosen airline and search for the best flights on selected dates.

66

3 years ago

The app helps find the cheapest gas station in a given area. The service is built on the idea that gas is perishable, and stations need to be re-stocked as often as possible.

66

4 years ago

Not only does this startup make a cheap, disposable pen that works like a ballpoint, its CEO is also a pen manufacturer. The startup sells its pens for $5, and are made in China similar to Apple products.

65

3 years ago

This is a startup that builds software to help companies and governments manage health care. The company claims that it’s cheaper than traditional health care and prevents a lot of errors.

65

3 years ago

A platform for startups that want to bring their products to life through hardware. It’s meant to be a cheaper alternative to other prototyping and hardware startups, by linking to their own manufacturing partners.

64

4 years ago

A “cloud-based global network of journalists” to help local newsrooms publish faster and more cheaply by connecting them to international partners.

63

3 years ago

A startup that helps users find a route to get from one place to another. The startup wants to help people find the shortest and cheapest route for their commute.

63

3 years ago

A startup that aims to bring cheap and fast molecular DNA sequencing to the masses. The company believes that with a machine that can sequence DNA at a cost of $100, many labs won’t need to buy expensive machines any longer.

63

3 years ago

A mobile app that helps drivers find gas stations near them, with a service that helps drivers find gas stations that offer the cheapest prices.

63

4 years ago

An online sales platform for beauty products. The company says it’s 6x cheaper to use than competitor sites, and claims it has $1 million per month in paid traffic.

62

4 years ago

Using machine learning, artificial intelligence, and a series of algorithms, this startup aims to make the process of making a movie cheaper and easier. Using a combination of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and a series of algorithms, this startup aims to make the process of making a movie cheaper and easier.

62

2 years ago

The app helps people who can’t afford a car repair or a new car find a cheap used one. The startup is focused on the US market, where it says that one in 10 car owners can’t afford to repair their car.

62

2 years ago

A platform for finding free or cheap shared housing in Latin America, with one of their early customers being a small community library.

61

4 years ago

A company that helps companies build out their strategies for “the new retail” — the idea that buying needs to be easier, faster, and cheaper.

60

3 years ago

The company wants to make operations and maintenance of large infrastructure cheaper and more efficient by building software that integrates across multiple vendors.

60

3 years ago

A free app that helps you find the cheapest price for your prescriptions and get them delivered straight to your doorstep.

60

3 years ago

Using a new material, this startup is building a better way to extract gold from ore through a cheaper, faster and easier process.

59

3 years ago

A startup that lets users find and book the cheapest rates for autonomous cars. If a consumer finds a good deal, they can request a ride from their phone and be picked up immediately.

59

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help people quickly and cheaply pay for home repairs and improvements.

59

3 years ago

A tool that helps users to search and find the cheapest flight possibilities between their city and their destination.

58

3 years ago

A traditional service for finding a sitter for kids, but one that’s a bit more low-cost, cheaper, and more flexible for parents.

58

3 years ago

A startup that aims to use machine learning to make insurance claims cheaper and more consistent.

58

3 years ago

A startup working to make video conferencing cheaper and easier for small businesses, using AI to make the experience more like a phone call. They’re looking to charge $1 per minute for the call, and finish with a survey to help qualify your business for a discount.

58

3 years ago

A startup that provides cheaper loans for the millions of people in the US who don’t have bank accounts. It’s financial services for the unbanked.

58

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to replace the ancient, insecure, and expensive fax machine with a paper-less, secure, and cheaper system. The startup is working with large corporations to do this, and has sold $100,000 in the last month, with a 2.5% take rate.

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4 years ago 1 views

This startup is working to create a new version of the Raspberry Pi, which will be smaller and better suited to control things like smart home appliances and lighting and other IoT devices. Right now, companies like Amazon and Google are building their own mini PC and smart home-computing devices, but RightBit hopes to make it cheaper and easier for other hardware makers to produce their own.

57

4 years ago

Notion is building a platform that allows medical devices to communicate with one another and make data transfer faster and cheaper.

57

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make fast, easy, and cheap food at home, with a system that cooks rice, noodles, and many other items. You set the time, temperature, pressure, and food and it produces a bowl of ready-to-eat food.

57

3 years ago

Rides, a ridesharing company that focuses on providing a cheaper and friendlier alternative to Uber and Lyft. The company was founded on an idea that the majority of people want ridesharing but don’t want to pay the higher prices of Uber and Lyft. Rides is currently operating in Atlanta, GA, with plans to expand to other cities.

57

3 years ago

After launching in the US in July of 2018, the startup wants to launch in Canada in late 2019. The startup’s founders say that their app helps you find the cheapest Uber rides as well as the best deals on flights, hotels, and restaurants and much more.

57

3 years ago

A company that sells a cheap smartphone that connects to a Wi-Fi router in the home and turns it into a smart home hub.

56

3 years ago

A mobile app to help you book the cheapest flights in 30 seconds.

56

3 years ago

A company that lets people switch between different payment methods depending on which payment method is cheapest for them at the time.

56

4 years ago

A “payroll for the sharing economy” where companies can hire independent contractors with a more flexible relationship with customers and company. The company claims it’s cheaper, faster, and easier than traditional payroll systems.

55

4 years ago

A startup that helps people find cheaper or free parking by aggregating and ranking parking lots and garages.

55

3 years ago

This is a service for selling cheap tickets to events, it’s a cheaper alternative to Stubhub.

55

3 years ago

A startup that helps you book a cheap flight and hotel room for a conference you’re attending, or a client you’re meeting with.

55

3 years ago

A Slack bot that helps find the cheapest gas station within a given radius of a user’s location.

54

3 years ago

A startup that promises to deliver the “cheapest tickets in the city” for all events, from concerts to movie screenings. The startup has made its money off selling tickets to events that would have been sold out.

54

4 years ago

This startup is building a simple service for sending and receiving payments that are cheaper and faster than the traditional option. The startup is focused on being a cheaper and faster alternative for peer-to-peer payments in developing markets.

53

3 years ago

A cloud-based platform for ordering deliveries, with a service that is about 70% cheaper than the traditional delivery companies and offers the same level of service. The startup plans to take on the same delivery service companies that Uber and Lyft are up against.

53

3 years ago

Startup that wants to make enterprise-grade digital file storage easier, faster, and cheaper for businesses.

53

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help you save money on your monthly phone bills. It charges a monthly fee to connect you to the cheapest mobile data plans in each country.

53

3 years ago

A tool for travel that uses machine learning to find cheap flights and hotels and book them on your behalf.

52

3 years ago

A tool that helps workers find cleaner, cheaper ways to get around. The startup provides a real-time price list for deliveries, allowing users to compare the best options for their route.

52

3 years ago

A company that makes a cheap, low-maintenance baby monitor that plugs into an outlet.

52

3 years ago

A company that aims to take on Amazon’s dominance in the online shoe market by making cheaper shoes and selling them online.

51

2 years ago

A company that makes restaurant delivery services more efficient and cheaper using a group of riders on scooters.

51

3 years ago

This is a fintech startup that wants to build a platform allowing people to quickly and cheaply invest in small businesses. The startup is starting with just one country — Brazil.

50

3 years ago

A startup in the biotech space that’s trying to disrupt the whole pharma industry by providing a cheaper, more user-friendly alternative to biotech drugs.

50

3 years ago

A startup whose end goal is to provide a cheap and easy way to provide electricity to people in remote communities.

49

3 years ago

A chatbot (or “bot”) that helps you find the cheapest flight based on your location.

48

2 years ago

A tool for finding the cheapest flights around the world.

48

2 years ago

The startup wants to build a “decentralized stock exchange” for crypto-assets that will be faster and cheaper than existing options.

48

3 years ago

This is a startup that wants to do more than just send super-cheap tokens to your bank account, it wants to make sure that you don’t miss any of your credit card payments.

47

2 years ago

A startup that helps you buy cheaper and more sustainable food in bulk.

46

3 years ago

A platform that helps developers build and launch apps using a drag-and-drop interface. The company says the platform is faster, cheaper, and easier to use than traditional coding.

45

3 years ago

A B2B company called Fuse360 helps small businesses, including restaurants, and property managers buy and manage their insurance policies through a single platform. Fuse360 aims to make the insurance purchase process simpler and cheaper than it is today.

45

3 years ago

A new way to manage student loans that aims to be cheaper and more effective than existing student loan platforms

45

3 years ago

A startup that is building a travel-forwarding tool for people to find and book cheap flights from their home to the country they want to travel to.

43

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “small, super-fast” container ship that can travel at up to 60 knots. The company is currently selling its containers for $2.5 million each, which is 30% cheaper than the competition.

42

5 years ago

Idea: A tool that lets you generate legal documents like NDAs out of a simple web form. The company says it makes generating and maintaining legal docs easier, cheaper, and more transparent.

41

3 years ago

A group of companies with a shared goal of changing the world through IT automation. The companies use different technologies (like chat bots, AI, and machine learning) to automate many of the steps in business tasks and make them faster, cheaper, and more accurate. They’re all profitable, and they’ve turned down a bunch of acquisition offers like Slack’s because they want to keep their autonomy.

41

3 years ago

A new wave of startups in the US is building AI tools that empower developers and provide a way to develop products without having to hire expensive engineers. For example, in the US, most machine learning is performed in-house, but if it’s done by an AI company, it can be faster and cheaper.

41

2 years ago

A startup that helps users find the cheapest, fastest, or closest ride to their destination, or provides the ability to share carpooling information with other riders.

41

2 years ago

A network of used bikes. The startup works with local stores to offer a rental fleet of bikes at a price that’s cheaper than buying a bike. It currently works with more than 500 stores in the US.

41

2 years ago

A company that makes flexible plastic “honeycomb” solar panels that are durable, rigid, and cheap.

41

2 years ago

A tool that helps you find the cheapest flight on airlines, based on what your friends have been saying on Twitter.

41

2 years ago

A new way for people to get loans with bad credit, in a way that’s often cheaper than traditional payments platforms.

40

2 years ago

A group of engineers and scientists that want to create safe, cheap access to space. The company wants to build an extremely low-cost space launch system that can be used to launch small satellites into orbit.

40

2 years ago

A startup that offers health care services at a cheaper price than traditional health care providers.

38

2 years ago

A company that wants to make a more powerful, efficient, and cheaper alternative to launching a company

38

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a tool that helps people identify the cheap, high-quality private schools in their area.

38

3 years ago

A platform for allowing people to buy and sell items on the cheap, plus a built-in social network for buyers and sellers to share tips and trade items.

37

2 years ago

A fintech company with a focus on credit products for women. The company is pitching itself as a cheaper alternative to the big banks, and is already working with a number of small businesses.

37

2 years ago

A web-based accounting system that’s cheaper and easier to use than its competitors, but also offers better features and provides a better user experience.

36

2 years ago

The startup wants to create blockchain-enabled game assets, or digital assets that can be used to make games. The idea is to make digital assets cheaper and easier for developers to use. They’re also exploring ways to use the blockchain to make game assets tradable once they’re built.

36

3 years ago

A new way to book air travel, the startup wants to build an app that makes it easy to find and book the cheapest tickets

34

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to register a product in their name and then receive a “credit card” by simply scanning a QR code off the product. It’s a peer-to-peer marketplace, so the startup takes a cut, but it’s meant to be an easier, cheaper alternative to going through a bank.

34

2 years ago

The company, founded by a former senior executive of Google and Amazon, wants to make it easier and cheaper for companies to bring their data products to market for consumers. The company is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Salesforce Ventures.

34

2 years ago

A way to help people hire contractors, with promises to be cheaper and faster than traditional services.

32

2 years ago

A B2B SaaS startup that provides a cheaper and more transparent accounting alternative to traditional accounting software. They’re currently in the process of acquiring two customers.

31

2 years ago

An online platform for B2B sales professionals to find the best deals. It allows sales reps to easily comb through deals to find the cheapest pricing for a given product or service.

31

2 years ago

This is a startup that wants to help people find the cheapest flights or the best deals, by recreating the best deals from major airlines and aggregating them into one place.

30

2 years ago

A “new way to make bank deposits” that is faster, cheaper, and safer than cash and checks.

30

2 years ago

A startup that helps people find the cheapest and best organic produce, often at a lower cost than non-organic produce.

29

2 years ago

A startup for creating and hosting online quizzes that helps you find the right people for your team, and helps you make those hires faster and cheaper.

28

2 years ago

A company that helps people find and buy homes in the United States. It’s a similar idea to Trulia but is looking to figure out how to make it cheaper by avoiding the middlemen in the real estate industry.

27

2 years ago

A startup that’s developing a way to make it cheaper and easier to communicate with the US government: an online portal to fill out forms, and have them approved and digitally signed by an official. The startup will eventually offer the service to the general public.

26

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a new payment system for cars, which it says would be faster, cheaper, and more secure than existing systems.

26

2 years ago

An automated lab test for blood and urine meant to be cheaper and more comprehensive than existing services.

26

2 years ago

The company’s premise is that a bicycle can be more powerful than a car. Instead of using a motor to move itself, it uses an electric motor to provide power, which it says is more efficient and cheaper than a car. The company wants to launch in the US and Europe by 2022.

25

2 years ago

A company that sells 3D printed car parts which aim to make car maintenance cheaper and faster.

25

2 years ago

A company that helps companies plan and pay for corporate retreats. The app provides a point-to-point marketplace where companies can find hotels, restaurants, and attractions that will be relevant to their employees. Just as AirBnb helps travelers find cheap and cool places to stay, Corporate Retreat helps companies find cool places to stay.

24

2 years ago

A company that is helping homeless shelters in the US to provide better amenities for their guests. It’s a better way of distributing room and food options, and a cheaper way of managing the supply of these resources.

23

2 years ago

The company aims to connect vendors with businesses, with a focus on factories in China, and to help foreign businesses get cheaper products from China. Their service, for example, aims to help companies rather than individual consumers get cheaper products from factories, helping manufacturers to get better prices for their goods and to communicate.

22

5 years ago

Idea: Easy, cheap satellite internet service

21

2 years ago

A mobile app that lets you find the cheapest gas station in your area, with prices updated every 30 seconds. The startup is based in New York, and is currently in beta testing.

21

2 years ago

A startup for the purchase and sale of used cars on the cheap for people in the middle of a large budgeting cycle.

21

2 years ago

A cheap, open source, and hackable version of Google’s Nest thermostat, which serves as a control hub for the internet of things in a home.

17

2 years ago

A real-time search engine that helps people find the cheapest flights around. The company is currently in talks with major companies to expand the product.

16

2 years ago

Bandwidth is used for a lot of different things, from sharing videos to communicating with people. The startup wants to make that process smoother, faster and cheaper

16

2 years ago

A system for sending personnel to disaster relief sites that is meant to be cheaper than conventional methods. The startup’s software uses a phone’s GPS to track individual volunteers and make sure they’re not double-dipping on insurance or other benefits.

16

2 years ago

A new way to buy and sell domains that is cheaper and faster than the traditional method, with sellers able to see the daily list price of the domain they’re selling.

16

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find the best time to travel by providing personalized flight information and pricing The idea is to provide a better customer experience and a better chance at getting a cheaper ticket The startup says that it can save customers up to $300 annually on their air

14

2 years ago

A startup that implements AI to help people recover from injuries and illnesses, aiming to make the process faster and cheaper.

14

2 years ago

On-demand, on-demand, on-demand. That is the mantra of a startup called Flexport, which helps companies send cargo across the world on the cheapest available route.

13

2 years ago

This startup aims to make it easier and cheaper to buy, store, and grow your own food

11

2 years ago

A company that’s trying to make tech more accessible to the masses by making it cheaper, faster, and more accessible in developing nations. The company is currently working on a product that creates a simplified version of Google’s Android operating system for feature phones, and a suite of tools to help create apps for cell phones.

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2 years ago

Forcing ‘early adopters’ to move to cheaper mobile data plans.

10

5 years ago

Idea: A tool for reducing the time between when a company identifies a bug, and when that bug is actually fixed The startup says their product is 80% cheaper than competitors

9

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes it easy and cheap to make custom shirts for businesses, with the goal of making custom garments more accessible to small businesses

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes it easy to make a video covering a news story, using an on-demand, cheap workforce in the Philippines.

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